The White House Briefing Room

August 22, 1998

EXECUTIVE ORDER

THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Martha?s Vineyard, Massachusetts)
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For Immediate Release August 22, 1998
EXECUTIVE ORDER
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PROHIBITING TRANSACTIONS WITH TERRORISTS WHO THREATEN TO DISRUPT THE
MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, including the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the National
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), and section 301 of title 3,
United States Code,
I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the United States of America, in
order to take additional steps with respect to grave acts of violence
committed by foreign terrorists that disrupt the Middle East peace
process and the national emergency described and declared in Executive
Order 12947 of January 23, 1995, hereby order:
Section 1. The title of the Annex to Executive Order 12947 of January
23, 1995, is revised to read "TERRORISTS WHO THREATEN TO DISRUPT THE
MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS."
Sec. 2. The Annex to Executive Order 12947 of January 23, 1995, is
amended by adding thereto the following persons in appropriate
alphabetical order:
Usama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Ladin (a.k.a. Usama bin Ladin)
Islamic Army (a.k.a. Al-Qaida, Islamic Salvation Foundation, The
Islamic Army for the Liberation of the Holy Places, The World Islamic
Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders, and The Group for the
Preservation of the Holy Sites)
Abu Hafs al-Masri
Rifa'i Ahmad Taha Musa
Sec. 3. Nothing contained in this order shall create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable by any party against the
United States, its agencies or instrumentalities, its officers or
employees, or any other person.
Sec. 4. (a) This order is effective at 12:01 a.m., eastern daylight
time on August 21, 1998.
(b) This order shall be transmitted to the Congress and published in
the Federal Register.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
THE WHITE HOUSE,
August 20, 1998.
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